Economist James Galbraith discusses the roots and consequences of the financial crash and the ongoing economic crisis. A professor in the University of Texas' LBJ School of Public Affairs, Galbraith is the author of The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too and Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay. In addition to his teaching and research, Galbraith has served in several positions on the staff of the U.S. Congress, including Executive Director of the Joint Economic Committee. He writes for numerous magazines including Mother Jones, The Texas Observer, The American Prospect, and The Nation.

The talk, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Social Justice Committee at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. For more information, contact Robert Jensen at 471-1990 or rjensen@uts.cc.utexas.edu. Location: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 14311 Wells Port Drive (exit off I-35, west on Wells Branch Parkway).